Work Experience, Work Environment, and Blood Exposure among Home Care and Hospice Nurses
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Work experience, work environment, and blood exposure among home care and hospice nurses.
Blood exposure rates among home care and hospice nurses (RNs) in the United States are markedly lower for nurses with more home care/hospice experience, whether or not they have more total years of nursing experience (i.e., in other work environments). This study examined whether the protective effect of home care/hospice experience was greater for nurses who worked under three types of circums...
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عنوان ژورنال: Industrial Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0019-8366,1880-8026
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.ms1313